It has long been speculated that electric vehicle adoption may have a sudden tipping point of adoption. IDTechEx pointed out that incentives help as does reaching lower cost of ownership but lower up-front price is the killer blow. We noted how that has happened with small vehicles such as gasoline-assisted bicycles and golf cars becoming

BMW has got all the ingredients right for it i3 electric car, despite its quirky looks. Transport minister John Hayes CBE hands the award to BMW Group general manager, corporate sales Steve Oliver. Although the fully electric version lost out to the more affordable Hyundai Ioniq in the zero tailpipe emissions category of our awards,